Hello Alan! On Sunday August 8 2010 10:10:20 Alan Gauld wrote: > Yes thats a good point. Most books (including mine) focus on how to > write code. Very few tell you how to distrubute it! And that's not > just > in Python, most programming books are the same. > > Interesting. > > Alan G.
Yes, I want to endorse that! Distributing your software is IMHO a worthy subject for any Python website or book. Especially because there is this idea, that all important components for software development are included in Python. With Distutils, EasyInstall (*.egg), and Python Package Index there really exist an integrated build system with installer, a package manager, and a networked software repository. Additionally with Virtualenv or Buildout one can build encapsulated environments for testing or deployment, without fear for conflicting library versions. Someone however needs to find out how these components fit together, and then write a nice introduction on the subject. Eike. Links to the mentioned projects for reference: Distutils: http://docs.python.org/distutils/ EasyInstall: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute Virtualenv: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv Buildout: http://www.buildout.org/ Python Package Index: http://pypi.python.org/pypi _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
